Luggage carrier



- July 10, 1923.

J. W. WHITESIDE LUGGAGE CARRIER Filed Feb. 13, 1922 r l lkli awwento'aNew Yorkcity,

Patented July 10, 1923.

JOHN ,w. wnrrnsrnn, or new YORK, n. Y.

LUGGAGE cannrna.

I Application filed'I ebruary 13,

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN W. Wnrrnsinn, acitizen of the United States, residing at State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inLuggage Carriers, fullydescribed'and represented in proshown in the accompanying drawings whichwill hereinafter be fully described and specifically pointed out, in theaccompanying claims.

In the drawings,

Fig. l is aside elevation of the device shown in operative '(dottedlines indicating inoperative) position on a taxicab Fig. 2 is a plan tFig. l with parts broken'away; and

' Fig. 3 is a detail view.

Referring to said drawings, and particw larly to Fig. l, A represents somuch of a taxicab as is necessary to illustrate the invention, with asingle seatB on one side for the driver, to the ceiling and floor of theoperating section of which taxicab are secured in any suitable manner aceiling plate a and a floor plate 6, which will preferably be positionedat the rearof the luggage carrying space and will be adjacent the" seatof the driver approximately half the dis-' tance between the seat of thedriver and the opposite side of the car and close to the partition backof said seat, in which plateswill. be stepped the endsof a supportingcolumn 0. This supporting column will preferably be a hollow cylinder ortube as shown broken away, Fig. 1, for. lightness and strength, providedwith holes or slots (Z to admit of vertical adjustment thereon of abracket 6, adapted to slide on said supporting column 0, which bracketwill be provided with holes to register with holes 03 in said county ofNew York, and

used on automobiles andfor different size pieces able manner,

viewon the line 22 of 1922. Serial No. 536,151.

column to provide forditfer ent size pieces of luggage. By any suitablemeans, as 'thepin" g passing through bracket and c0lum'n,.said" held inany desired position on the length of said column. to accord with.

bracket will be the size of luggage carried. i'One end fsaid bracketwill be provided with asmaller bo re that it may'receive and the. sideo'f'said; bracket having such smaller bore Willpref- '1 than the other,in forder arms ot' difierentsize,

erably be provided with a screw thread to receive a screw it which willbe used-to lock bracket arm 2' in any desired-position whether in oroutof use through turningsofhandle k (or bya wrench),

as shown 1 broken parts, Fig. 2, which-screw will preferably be of thequick action type; The form of yokei shown, and which I prefer to use,willconsist of two arms 2', j,

bent to form substantially right angles,;-0ne;of whicharmsrwillr beadjustable asher'einatterdescribed The stationary arm 7'will'pr'efer'ably be so posi noticomein contact with the seat of thedriver and, for eheapness'and I lightness will preferablyconsist ofahollow I cylinder bent to form substantially arightfl angle, with itsouter end closed. in 'any suit its inner open end being sej curedagainst. movementin one; end of bracket e ',-while arm z'fiwilllalso b'ea'hollow tioned that it will cylinder or tube and will havethe portionwhich enters bracket e,so reduced in size that it will,vwhendesire'd,enter-and tele scope into the end of tube jsecured inbracket afor the purpose crammin -ea j ustment of said arm 2' todifferent distances to take different size pieces of luggage. This arm2' also will have both its portions longer than those of arm 7'. Thelarge end or pork tion of bent arm 2' will-also be of hollow tube formthus adapting it to receive an exten: sion rod it will be capable ofhorizontal adjustment I and-provide forcarrying a gripper finger V orstop a to engage the luggage, which rod finger will b'e'capable of beinglocked in the position desired by a look, a cam roll 0, asv

and gripper preferably in the form of shown, supported in a split ringring will g, which be provided with one or more m whichwill be soconstructed that lot screws and nuts for so tightening said cam rollthat it will secured to arm 2' in any will be permitted, through a slotin arm 2', to

contact on rod m, through downwardmoverod m will prefermerit of handlep.This not jar loose in transit, and I suitablemanner and Y g I I forlarge luggage ably be provided with an enlarged end, or

collar 9, which, in conjunction with the perforated collar r or arm 2',will prevent acci dental removal of said rod m. This gripper finger willpreferably be L-shaped in order to provid greater adjustability and willbe rotatable with said rod m and thus adapted to different size pieces,as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 respectively, and will also preferably beprovided with a bent end, as also shown in said figures, to avoid itsinjuring articles it will hold.

The operation of the Assuming the bracket inoperative position, as shownin dotter lines in Fig. 1, cam lock 0 will first be loosened throughraising handle p, in order that gripper finger n and its rod on may bemoved freely to any position; lock screw it will then be loosened andbracket 0 and arm 2' and the parts carriedv by them raised to a heightabout equal to that of the center of the piece of baggage and saidbracket and arm then secured in such position by the insertion of pin 9through slots in said bracket and slots d in supporting column 0registering therewith and then tightening the screw h. The gripperfinger n with the rod m by which it is carried will then be pulled out(Fig. 3) such distance as necessary to accommodate it to the size of thepiece of luggage to be secured, and the longer or shorter arm of saidgripper a, as may be desired, adjusted against the luggage, when camlock 0 is tightened through depressing its handle p. This operation isrepeated in reverse order when it is desired to remove the luggage andreturn the device to inoperative position.

Through such construction, it will be seen that when not in use, bysimply loosening screw 71, through its handle, bracket arm 71 and theparts carried by it may be folded down alongside its supporting column 0device is as follows: 6 to be in folded or and be out of the way, whilearm j, because of its size, shape and location, will cause little, ifany, inconvenience.

While the invention has been shown and described as applied to the frontof a taxicab, it will be understood that it is equally applicable toother parts of such vehicle, as at the back or a side thereof, and alsoto vehicles other than taxicabs.

It will be understood that various changes may be made in the specificconstruction of the mechanism employed for carrying out the inventionwithout departing spirit, and that the invention is not be be restrictedto the precise details of construe tion shown and described.

What is claimed 1 1, A luggage carrier for taxicabs and the like,comprising a supporting column, and an arm carrying bracket adjustableon said supporting column, one arm of said bracket said ad ustable armalso being provided with an adjustable eXten-- being adjustable,

sion.

2, A luggage carrier for taxicabs and the like, comprising a supportingcolumn, an arm carrying bracket ad ustable on said supporting column,one arm of said bracket being adjustable, said adjustable arm also beingprovided with an adjustable extension, and means for securing saidbracket, arm and, extension in adjusted position.

3. A luggage carrier for taxicabs and the like, comprising a supportingcolumn, an arm carrying bracket adjustable on said supporting column,one arm of said bracket being adjustable, said adjustable arm also beingprovided with an adjustable extension, means for securing said bracket,arm and extension in adjusted position, and a stop on said extension.

In testimony wherof, I have hereunto "set In T hand.

5 JOHN W. VVHITESIDE.

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